Archive | July, 2007

Nationals Weekend

Posted July 5, 2007 at 7:57 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

This weekend is the culmination of a busy 2 months that has found me out of the state of Wisconsin for 7 straight weekends. This weekend’s excursion takes my wife and I to Ann Arbor, MI for the SCS Youth Nationals. Three of the kids on our team have qualified and we are really proud […]

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Scalatabel Climbing Festival

Posted July 5, 2007 at 3:24 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

 Recently, a sort of mini Petzl Roc Trip was held at the Scalatabel Climbing Festival near Thaurac in the South of France.  Well known pro climbers like Dave Graham, Chris Sharma, Lynn Hill and Steve McClure were on hand to do some climbing and have a good time (drunkenly onsighting .12ds?). The craziest part of […]

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Aspen? California! Beautiful!

Aspen? California! Beautiful!

Posted July 4, 2007 at 3:15 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Ryan Olson has been spending his summer exploring new boulders near Independence Pass outside of Aspen, CO. He recently put up two videos on ColoradoClimbs showing off some of the boulders that the area has to offer. There is even some DWS action if you need it. Ryan sending Reanimator (V8) You can also find […]

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Dave Graham Video Clip

Posted July 3, 2007 at 6:54 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Here is a brief snippet from a movie featuring Dave Graham on the first ascent of Titantrope (5.14c) at Kalymnos. Cool route, wish the clip wasn’t just a trailer of sorts. [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=d34VjDM6Zrw] Also, BigUp is reporting that they are out in France now filming Sharma, Graham and Pringle at Ceuse. I feel a big send […]

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Martina Cufar Comes to America

Martina Cufar Comes to America

Posted July 3, 2007 at 3:16 pm · Comments { 0 } ·

Former World Champion sport climber Martina Cufar from Slovenia announced her retirement from competitive climbing in 2006. During her competition days she sent sport routes as hard as 5.14b at her local crag Misja Pec in Slovenia. Recently she set out for the United States with the goal of climbing El Capitan in Yosemite. The […]

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News & Notes – 7/2/2007

News & Notes – 7/2/2007

Posted July 2, 2007 at 11:08 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

Here are some tidbits and things to check out: Dave Graham recently added another 5.14d to his impressive list of sends when he sent Ali-Hulk at Rodellar, Spain. Infamous Ali-hulk Cave Andy Raether recently repeated Tommy Caldwell’s route Grand Old Opry at the Monsatery outside of Drake, CO. Back in 1998 Tommy graded it .14a […]

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Jade Video

Posted July 2, 2007 at 2:56 pm · Comments { 3 } ·

I have returned safely from Las Vegas with both my marriage and my finances still intact so it was a successful trip. While I sort things out, be sure to check out this video of Daniel Woods doing the first ascent of Jade (V15). [youtube=http://youtube.com/watch?v=SpfIEes3lnw] I for one am psyched that they decided to show […]

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